according to Britain advances to the Davis Cup World Group quarter-finals as the winner of the tie. Pospisil forced tie-breakerVancouver’s Vasek Pospisil defeated Daniel Evans 7-6(3), 6-4, 3-6, 7-6(5) earlier Sunday, tying the Davis Cup World Group tie at 2-2. Britain will play France in the quarters, while Canada will be forced to play a World Group play-off tie to keep its spot for 2018 play. Denis Shapovalov says that he’s ashamed and embarrassed for his actions that caused a Canadian defeat at the Davis Cup. The 17-year-old saw his Davis Cup action come to an abrupt end Sunday when he hit the umpire with an errant ball.

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as declared in However, Yasutaka Uchiyama earned the hosts a consolation point with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Pierre-Hugues Herbert, the other half of the world’s top-ranked doubles pair. Jiri Vesely had earlier prevented the Australians from completing a clean sweep after defeating Sam Groth 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 in Melbourne. The Belgians, who were playing without world number 11 David Goffin, then completed the job with Rubel Bemelmans brushing aside Mischa Zverev 7-5, 6-1. Roberto was exceptional to get two points,” said 26th-ranked Carreno Busta, who atoned for Friday’s shock loss to world number 223 Skugor in the opening singles rubber. Vasek Pospisil forced a decider between Canada and 2015 champions Great Britain in Ottawa after downing Dan Evans 7-6 (7/3), 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (7-5).